Siemens SX66 (HTC Blue Angel) appears on US Cingular site

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it looks like u.s. customers will finally be able to buy a gsm/gprs version of the incredible mda iii/pda2k. if you visit the cingular site and enter your zip code, you should be able to see the siemens sx66 available for us$550 with a two-year contract; there is no information on what it will cost with a one-year contract or with no additional contract. unlike the verizon wireless model, the sx66 does include wi-fi, along with all the other excellent specifications of this htc phone edition device. by the way, if you are looking for an unlocked model with no contract check out my message parlor post for more details. thanks to pocket pc thoughts for the link.

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yeah, yeah,(10:24am est mon dec 13 2004)cingular has cooler phones and crisper soundbut we have less dropped calls on the road!

sales pitch…(2:53pm est mon dec 13 2004)looks like a sales pitch from palmsolo as he is the one selling. why are you selling? – by k2h

good timing(3:10pm est mon dec 13 2004)i am actually getting a pda2k (imate version of the blue angel) that has an english keyboard. the one i have is qwertz and a couple of function keys are different on the layout than in the rom and since i use the device 95% of the time i want one with a full english keyboard.

i am very happy to see cingular coming out with it and think it blows the ipaq 6315 and other phone edition devices out of the water. – by palmsolo

re: good timing(11:14pm est mon dec 13 2004)i agree with palmsolo about the “blue angel” phone blowing the 6315 out of the water. i had the 6315 for about a day. the hardware and software weren't implemented very well – it felt as though the designers threw a ppc phone together with a 2215 without giving much thought to the design – and the processor speed just sucked.

if smaller pda's could adapt phone functionality (eg tungsten t series, hp 1945, etc.) that would beat the pants off of any rinky-dink smartphone or oversized ppc phone. but since i'm not an engineer, i don't know for sure. – by linux and lucy